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https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.42.101

Three species of butterflies new for the North Aegean Island of Lemnos (Greece)


Mario Langourov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6756-3420; Nikolay Simov https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-2964; Stanislav Abadjiev https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9106-1754

26 July 2021 · volume 42 · [issue 10] · pp. 79–86 · PDF [full text]

Abstract: The paper presents results of a brief entomological surveys carried out in the southern parts of Lemnos Island in 2016, 2017 and 2019. It includes a list of 14 recorded species of butterflies, three of which are new for the island.

Keywords: butterfly, distribution, Lepidoptera, Lemnos, new records

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Langourov M., Simov N., Abadjiev S. 2021 Three species of butterflies new for the North Aegean Island of Lemnos (Greece). Historia naturalis bulgarica 42: 79–86.

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